Choosing to Lead Against the Current: The Courageous Operating System for Changemakers--Empowering Leaders to Transform the World with Integrity, Impa - Paperback

by Eveline Shen (Author)

This is the blueprint we need to lead with audacity, transform oppression into power, and ignite a future rooted in collective liberation. --Lateefah Simon, US Congress member and MacArthur "Genius" Fellow

• Turn encounters with adversity into sources of strength
• Redefine success on one's own terms
• Build creative momentum against forces of oppression
• Transform failures into progress
• Prioritize short and long-term self-care

Author Biography

Eveline Shen has worked with hundreds of leaders of color from over forty states. In 2010, Shen launched the Strong Families Initiative, galvanizing over 200 organizations to change the way people think, feel, and act in support of families. In 2016, Shen created Stepping Into Power, a movement-wide fellowship, which brought hundreds of leaders across the country to find and hone their courageous leadership. She has also created numerous other trainings and seminars on the Courageous Operating System for youth activists (ages 16-20), leaders in philanthropy (trustees, CEOs, and senior directors), women of color in public office, and BIPOC mental health professionals (therapist, educators, and social workers). Shen was awarded the 2015 San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Award, and the Lani Shaw Award for Courage and Compassion in the Pursuit of Reproductive Justice by the Funders for Reproductive Equity in 2017.